Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Elective Affinities (1809) Bk. II, Ch. 5, R. J. Hollingdale, trans. (1971), p. 195.
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There is no outward mark of politeness that does not have a profound moral reason. The right education would be that which taught the outward mark and the moral reason together.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on Manners
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